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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What function is vitamin A?
hemorrhage
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
4 calories/gram
3.5-5.5 grams/dL

2. What is RDA of protein?
6 oz. a day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth

3. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
500 cal/day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
2 cups

4. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
2 cups
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
B and C
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts

5. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
2 cups
6 oz. a day
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine

6. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vitamin K
review of systems
dark green - orange - drybeans

7. What function is vitamin D?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
low albumin levels < 3.4
apple is higher risk than a pear
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts

8. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
protein
cream cheese - cream or butter
trans fatty acid
rickets - osteomalacia

9. The higher the BMR a client has --
hemoglobin
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vitamin C - citrus fruits
can consume more calories without weight gain

10. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
protein and fat
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
protein

11. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
essential amino acids
pregnant women or elderly
rickets - osteomalacia
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment

12. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
trans fatty acid
prealbumin levels
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts

13. What is the function of vitamin C?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
antioxidant - immune function
fats

14. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
dark green - orange - drybeans
dairy and fortified foods
2.5 cups
decrease in total lymphocyte count

15. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
one tspn salt or less
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vitamin C - citrus fruits
essential amino acids

16. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
milk - enriched grains
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
protein

17. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
rickets - osteomalacia
dark green - orange - drybeans
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg

18. What foods have high quality protein?
2 cups
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
vitamin C - citrus fruits
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits

19. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
cream cheese - cream or butter
one week period

20. What type of people need extra protein?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
5.5 ounces/day

21. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
infants - children - pregnant or lactating

22. When does BMR decrease?
B and C
2.5 cups
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains

23. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
antioxidant - immune function
TPN total parenteral nutrition
protein

24. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
transferrin
5.5 ounces/day
milk - enriched grains
starches - sugars - and cellulose

25. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
B and C
TPN total parenteral nutrition

26. What does DASH stand for?
6 oz. a day
pregnant women or elderly
dietary approach to stop hypertension
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy

27. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
antioxidant - immune function
protein
low albumin levels < 3.4
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient

28. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
milk - enriched grains
protein and fat
4 calories/gram
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer

29. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
fat soluble vitamins
apple is higher risk than a pear
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
atrophy or wasting of muscle

30. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
transferrin
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
fats
protein

31. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
prealbumin levels
one tspn salt or less

32. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
B and C
fat soluble vitamins
dairy and fortified foods
3 cups

33. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
rickets - osteomalacia
liver and intestinal synthesis
vitamin K
one week period

34. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
6 oz. a day
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
one week period

35. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
2 cups
low albumin levels < 3.4

36. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
cream cheese - cream or butter
diet recall
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains

37. How many calories/gram is protein?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
4 calories/gram
fat soluble vitamins
can consume more calories without weight gain

38. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
5.5 ounces/day
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
one tspn salt or less

39. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
TPN total parenteral nutrition
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
dark green - orange - drybeans

40. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
4 calories/gram
essential amino acids
albumin levels
one tspn salt or less

41. What is normal BMI?
18-25
milk - enriched grains
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
carrots and sweet potatoes

42. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
2.5 cups
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
transferrin

43. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
pregnant women or elderly
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
300 cal/day increase
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function

44. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
liver and intestinal synthesis
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
albumin levels
6 oz. a day

45. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
protein
atrophy or wasting of muscle
dairy and fortified foods
vitamin K

46. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
2 cups
18-25

47. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
decrease in total lymphocyte count
one week period
transferrin

48. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
one tspn salt or less
protein and fat
starches - sugars - and cellulose

49. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
day week or month
protein
hemoglobin
3.5-5.5 grams/dL

50. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
carrots and sweet potatoes
6 oz. a day
albumin levels

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